Round 12 Match Reports Vs. CaseyCoburg Tigers website
Tuesday, June 21SeniorsWe went out to a windy Casey Fields to face an experienced Casey team.
The conditions resulted in inaccurate kicking all day and once again we got off to a slow start and could have been in trouble had Casey kicked straight in the 1st quarter.
We however came out in the 2nd quarter and were ourselves wayward in shots at goal and scored 4.10 to 3.0 which made the game within our grasp at halftime.
The 3rd quarter was tight and we went into the 3rd quarter break 4 points down.
The final quarter was one of the best we have played in a long time and we finally hit the front for the first time at the 20 minute mark and held on to that lead for what seemed an eternity with a 35min quarter due to the many stoppages.
It was a great result for the club coming off a 104 points thrashing from Port Melbourne and to come out and beat a side in 3rd position at their home ground showed great character from the playing group.
David Gourdis did a fantastic job on Fevola keeping him to 1 goal .
Angus Graham gave us first use of the ball in the ruck and he also racked up over 20 possessions.
Sam Power was aggressive at the contests as was Shane Tuck.
Young Willie Wheeler was solid all day but his last quarter was unbelievable and he is only playing in his 7th senior game of VFL football.
Matt White gave us drive off the wing and Casey could not match his pace
Goals:Wheeler 3,Murphy 2,Morton,Jordon,White Lynch
Coburg: 0.1 4.11 6.14 9.18 72
Casey: 3.7 6.7 7.12 8.14 62
Development:There is a saying...bad kicking is bad football.
Unfortunately our young side could not take advantage of having the ball inside our 50 regularly and we had 26 shots on goal to Casey 29,but went down by 11 goals.
The boys will learn from this and work on their composure when kicking at goal .
There were some solid contributions from Jamason Daniels who accepted his demotion on the chin and Dave Fahey gave us drive from the backline with his run and long kicking.
Luke Cartelli tried hard all day and Pat Ambrose was a focal target up forward but unfortunately was inaccurate with his kicking.
The boys face another tough opponent this week in Werribee but will be competitive as they have been all year.
Goals: Lirosi 2,Daniels 2,Barrack,Cartelli
Coburg: 3.8 3.11 5.19 6.20
Casey: 2.1 8.5 11.6 19.10
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